Mtopepo Community School Visit
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Our second school visit took us to the Mtopepo community. This school was started in 1995 and currently serves 1200 local secondary students. The school is a community initiative and receives little government support. The challenges the school community faces are immense including shortage of teachers, facilities, classroom materials, lack of a library and any labs, funding and water. We visited classrooms where there were 135 students to one or sometimes two teachers. We met with the school management committee who articulated their needs to us in Swahili and English. The challenges are great but the vision to empower a community to establish, manage and own sustainable schools is a beacon of hope.
Mtopepo community school
Monique, Robert and Nadine speak with students
Classroom setting
